Tania Tan, like many others, wanted to explore intimacy and pleasure—things that were meant to come naturally with age. But when her first sexual experience brought only pain and confusion, she learned that she had a condition called vaginismus.
In this episode of Deep Cuts, Tania reveals how vaginismus shattered her understanding of intimacy and forced her to confront the shame and silence surrounding sex in Singapore. Why are we still dodging conversations about sexual health—and what will it take to change that?